Free T-shirt design
In response to popular demand, FECAVA has decided to make its T-shirt design freely available to all! The design helps drawing attention to the compromised welfare of many brachycephalic dogs (read more about FECAVA's actions here). It can be transferred to T-shirts, sweatshirts and banners of all colours and sizes. In return please post the result on Facebook!
Please contact the FECAVA office to receive the free template.
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President's message
FECAVA has started a video campaign to promote the forthcoming FECAVA EuroCongress in Tallinn. Wolfgang Dohne, FECAVA president, gives the example here and calls upon all FECAVA Directors to send similar videos from their location! See Stein's and Gizem's examples below.
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Luigi Venco joins vector-borne diseases WG
The FECAVA working group on canine vector-borne diseases (CVBD) announced that Luigi Venco, president of the European Society of Dirofilariosis and Angiostrongylosis (ESDA), has accepted to participate. ‘We are delighted that he has joined us, said Nenad Milojkovic, chair of the CVBD working group. ‘As a ECVP diplomate he is very familiar with canine vector borne diseases, and his contributions are highly valued’.
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Michael Day elected to WSAVA board
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has announced that professor Michael J Day BSc BVMS (Hons) PhD DSc DiplECVP FASM FRCPath FRCVS has been elected to the WSAVA Executive Board.
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Greetings from Istanbul
From warmer climes, an invitation to attend the FECAVA EuroCongress 2018 comes from Gizem Taktak, FECAVA Director for Turkey.
From sunny Istanbul she invites you to join her in Tallinn for the upcoming FECAVA EuroCongress (and for some crazy dancing!).
Register now for the Early Bird Discount!
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Responsible use: ‘Vets are doing a good job’
Representatives of the European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals (EPRUMA), including Rens van Dobbenburgh (chair) and Danny Holmes (FECAVA) met with Françoise Grossetête MEP...
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Animal abuse:
Dutch centre of expertise
Since 22 November, the Dutch national centre of expertise on animal abuse (LED), based at the veterinary faculty of Utrecht, the Netherlands, provides specialist support to veterinarians regarding the identification of animal abuse. In case of suspicion, veterinary practitioners can submit data safely and anonymously, which will be analysed by veterinary and forensic specialists, to help rule out medical conditions, accidents and self-inflicted injury.
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Balkan orthopaedic group 1 year old
Congratulations to the Veterinary and Orthopedic & Neurologic Group (VOG) who has just celebrated its first birthday! Based in Slovenia,VOG has many members in the Balkans and beyond, and aims to promote the orthopaedic and traumatological education of veterinarians and to stimulate research in this field.
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Blood bank in Bulgaria
Hemolife, the first Bulgarian dog blood bank was opened last month. Hemolife is a charity whose products and services are available to all veterinary practitioners in Bulgaria.
Blood is collected from donors at organized meetings in Bulgaria and is then processed into red blood cells and plasma products at its plant in Varna.
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Pack your bags and go!
The FECAVA Travel Scholarship is now open for applications. The initiative enables two groups of companion animal practitioners from different parts of Europe to visit each other for a few days to observe practice life and, if possible, a CPD event. Apply before 15 April 2018.
The scholarship is made possible through the generous support of LABOKLIN.
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Puppy smuggling report published
'The illegal trade springs from abuses of EU pet movement legislation and differences in pet welfare standards and prices across the Union, and can only be addressed through a coordinated EU-wide approach', according to Dog's Trust, whose third puppy smuggling report was published last month. It recommends among others that ‘the European Commission should draw up an action plan to tackle the illegal trade in companion animals across the EU, which should involve the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States, including agencies and border and veterinary authorities.’
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FECAVA interview in Belgium
At the SAVAB autumn meeting on 9 December, FECAVA past president Monique Megens (at left) gave an interview to Belgian journalist Annick Hus. Topics included puppy trade, brachycephalic dogs and animal welfare in general.
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Vets in Europe: Helle
Helle Johansen, Danish FECAVA director is a familiar face to all who attended the congress in Copenhagen. Find out more about our Danish colleague and her association in this paper, brought to you in collaboration with BSAVA's Companion. |
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UK: veterinary homeopathy banned
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has issued a position statement on the veterinary use of complementary and alternative medicines, homeopathy in particular. 'Homeopathy exists without a recognised body of evidence for its use (and) is not based on sound scientific principles.'
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Homeopathy: trick or treat?
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Reader survey: what do you think?
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Tallinn: ATF Accreditation
The 24th FECAVA EuroCongress 2018 has now received its accreditation from the Akademie für tierärztliche Fortbildung (ATF). Attendance of the whole congress represents 18 qualifying ATF hours plus 6 hours for each workshop.
Register before 31st December to benefit from the reduced Early Bird registration fee!
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 Book review
By Nancy De Briyne, Belgium
Is it right or wrong to keep cats indoors for life? Should we routinely neuter female cats – even if they do not leave the house? These are the sort of questions this book ‘Companion animal ethics’ tries to answer.
The uniqueness of the book is that it takes as a basis common ethical questions and disagreements around living and treating pets. The book starts with a historical and cultural overview of how the role of pets has changed over the years, to their current position in which they often are treated as family members. It also touches briefly on the principles of animal ethics. But most interestingly...
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 Open Access Papers
Below you find a selection of recent open access papers
that may be of interest to you
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